懲前毖後，治病救人

Chinese

		to punish those before to prevent those after; to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again		to treat an illness	to rescue someone; to save one's life
trad. (懲前毖後，治病救人)		懲前毖後	，	治病	救人
simp. (惩前毖后，治病救人)		惩前毖后	，	治病	救人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngqiánbìhòu, zhìbìngjiùrén, chěngqiánbìhòu, zhìbìngjiùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ , ㄓˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄔㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ , ㄓˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngqiánbìhòu, zhìbìngjiùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ , ㄓˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngciánbìhòu, jhìhbìngjiòurén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻien²-pi⁴-hou⁴, chih⁴-ping⁴-chiu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: chéng-chyán-bì-hòu-, jr̀-bìng-jyòu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchyanbihhow, jyhbinqjiowren
    • Palladius: чэнцяньбихоу, чжибинцзюжэнь (čɛncjanʹbixou, čžibinczjužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chěngqiánbìhòu, zhìbìngjiùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ , ㄓˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chěngciánbìhòu, jhìhbìngjiòurén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng³-chʻien²-pi⁴-hou⁴, chih⁴-ping⁴-chiu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: chěng-chyán-bì-hòu-, jr̀-bìng-jyòu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheengchyanbihhow, jyhbinqjiowren
    • Palladius: чэнцяньбихоу, чжибинцзюжэнь (čɛncjanʹbixou, čžibinczjužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

懲前毖後，治病救人

1. (Maoism) "learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones and cure the sickness to save the patient"